The humanitarian crisis in northern Nigeria has implications that Europe can ill afford to ignore, according to a top UN official. Nigeria was the third largest source of migrants crossing the Mediterranean in 2016 (pdf). Toby Lanzer, the UN assistant secretary general and lead humanitarian coord...

Destruction of homes and killings of friends and relatives have traumatised countless adults and children across northeast Nigeria By Kieran Guilbert MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Puffing on the cannabis joints dangling from their mouths, a group of teenage boys hurl ...

Erratic rainfall and decreased agricultural production in the Sahel in 2012 resulted in a food security and malnutrition crisis that depleted household food stocks, resources, and livelihoods assets, exacerbating preexisting levels of acute malnutrition in Niger. As of May 2014, approximately 1 mill...

In Nigeria, aid agencies seek to kindle hope for life after Boko Haram MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost two years after Boko Haram militants attacked his hometown in northeast Nigeria, killed his neighbors and forced his family to flee to safety, Ibrahim Usman faces a dile...

President Muhammadu Buhari asked parliament on Sunday to extend his medical leave, his office said in a statement, deepening suspicions among many Nigerians that his health is worse than officials are admitting publicly. The statement did not say how much extra time Buhari was seeking off. He had...